Definition(s)
Owner/user
An owner or user of pressure vessels who exercises control over the operation, engineering, inspection, repair, alteration, pressure testing and rerating of those pressure vessels.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration Downstream Segment, Ninth Edition, June 2006. Global Standards
User
Company or person who employs the equipment.
Source: API RP 7G-2, Recommended Practice for Inspection and Classification of Used Drill Stem Elements, First Edition, August 2009. Global Standards
User
Individual or company that uses equipment or material, or implements standards.
Source: API RP 8B, Recommended Practice for Procedures for Inspections, Maintenance, Repair and Remanufacture of Hoisting Equipment, Seventh Edition, March 2002 (Reaffirmed: August 2012). Global Standards
User or user/purchaser
The company, organization or entity that purchases, installs, and/or uses equipment.
Source: API TR 1PER15K-1, Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-pressure High-temperature Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards
User and/or operator
Organization that uses and/or operates the C/WO riser system.
Source: API RP 17G, Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Risers, Second Edition, July 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards
Users
Users as mentioned in the second subsection, can be own personnel or external suppliers of services and equipment.
Source: Guidelines Regarding the Management Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory Guidance
User
User of the equipment.
Source: IEC 60079-19:2015, Explosive atmospheres – Part 19: Equipment repair, overhaul and reclamation, Edition 3.1, March 2015. Global Standards
User
Anyone interacting with the system, including its operators and maintainers.
Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1512, Guideline on Software Quality Assurance and Human-Centred Design for e-navigation, 8 June 2015, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance